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| 20080297814 | Softproofing Via Modeling Print Engine Rendering Characteristics - A softproofing system and method render an input document for display on a monitor to faithfully represent projected output from a target print engine, where the displayed document representation rendering is modeled to include internal print engine specific enhancements or characteristics of the target print engine. The system and method identify the target print engine and print engine specific rendering characteristics from the specified content, such as an input file, which may be a raster image or an electronic file in a PDL format. Specific print engine characteristics may include halftone screen identification, error diffusion identification, halftone dot shape, write white, write black, anti-aliasing, line width compensation and specific tone reproduction curves. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090033977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - A computer implemented method is provided for automatically aggregating multiple print jobs. The method includes: (A) combining first and second print jobs, each of which complies with a print processing related rule, and the combination of the first and second print jobs corresponds with a first print job size value; (B) receiving a third print job corresponding with a second print job size value; (C) aggregating the first, second and third print jobs into an aggregate print job when the third print job complies with the print processing related rule and a combination of the first, second and third print jobs results in an aggregate print job having a third print job size value that is less than a reference print job size value; and (D) producing a print output with the combination of the first print job and the second print job when the third print job complies with the print processing related rule and a combination of the first, second and third print jobs results in an aggregate print job having a fourth print job size value that exceeds the reference print job size value. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - There is provided a computer implemented method of automatically aggregating multiple print jobs. The method includes: storing, in memory, a first print job group complying with a first set of print job aggregation criteria and a second print job group complying with a second set of print job aggregation criteria. A print job is received and at least a part of the received print job is aggregated with the first print job group to form a first aggregated print job set if the received print job complies with the first set of print job aggregation criteria and one of a set of release criteria is met. At least a part of the received print job is aggregated with the second print job group to form a second aggregated print job set if the received print job complies with the second set of print job aggregation criteria and one of a set of release criteria is met. Each one of the first aggregated print job and the second aggregated print job sets is transmitted to one or more document processing resources for processing. In turn, a network client may be apprised of when one of the first, second and third print jobs has been processed with the one or more document processing resources. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090046305 | Controlling dfe color management behavior in a distributed system - A document specification is examined to determine if it matches the device color characterization of a rendering device such as a printer. If it matches, then the document can be faithfully rendered by the device. Otherwise, the document specification must be transformed before rendering. A match can be detected by discovering a appropriate metadata within the document specification or within the document color characterization. Alternatively, a device signature can be used instead of a metadata. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090086256 | CONDITIONAL CONTENT PRINTING - A method of conditional content printing may include receiving a job, wherein the job includes a base layer and a first conditional content layer. One or more printing parameters may be received. The job may be automatically processed by a resource based on the one or more printing parameters to produce a first document and a second document. Both the first document and the second document may include the base layer. The first document may include the conditional content layer. The second document may not include the conditional content layer. A sheet may be printed for the first and the second document. The sheet for the first document may include the base layer and the first conditional content layer. The sheet for the second document may include the base layer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090100426 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF RECONCILING SOURCES OF PRINT JOB PROCESSING INFORMATION IN A PRINT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - A method of processing a print job in a document production environment includes receiving a job ticket having job ticket parameters, identifying a process plan template having processing instructions for processing the print job and performing a parameter value resolving process for each job ticket parameter. The resolving process may include identifying candidate values, identifying the source associated with each of the candidate values and determining whether a candidate value has a source having precedence. If a source has precedence, the corresponding candidate value may be selected as a resolved parameter value. A user may be presented with a representation of a set of the resolved parameter values and may be permitting to modify at least one of the resolved parameter values. A first portion of the print job may be processed using the identified process plan template, the resolved parameter values, and any user-modified parameter values. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090122325 | AUTOMATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING AND SUMMARIZING GAMUT REQUIREMENTS - Methods and systems of assessing color gamut requirements for a print job and a printing device are disclosed. A print job including one or more input color spaces may be received. A computing device may produce a color transformation for each input color space using at least a color gamut error profile. The computing device may further produce result information based on the one or more color transformations. Result information may be provided to a user. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090154836 | IMAGE DOWNSAMPLING DURING PROCESSING - A method of preparing a document for printing may include determining a preferred image resolution for an image on a document. An electronic file may be received. The electronic file may comprise data representing a first embedded image having a nominal resolution. A job may be received. The job may comprise one or more operations to be performed on the electronic file. A computing device may determine an effective resolution for the first embedded image based on the nominal resolution and the one or more operations. It is determined whether the effective resolution for the first embedded image is greater than the preferred image resolution. The first embedded image may be downsampled based on a scaling factor. A printing device may process the job using the downsampled first embedded image. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154838 | IMAGE DOWNSAMPLING FOR PRINT JOB PROCESSING - A system for preparing documents for printing includes a stored object corresponding to an image having an effective resolution, as well as a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive an electronic file comprising data representing a plurality of embedded images wherein each embedded image has an effective resolution. The computing device determine whether an object associated with a first one of the embedded images is identical to the stored object. If so, it replaces the first one of the embedded images with the image corresponding to the stored object when the effective resolution of the first one of the embedded images and the effective resolution of the image corresponding to the stored object are within a preselected threshold. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090185202 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING PRINTING MATERIALS - Methods and systems for selecting printing materials are disclosed. One or more performance criteria and a print job may be received. At least one performance criterion may be used to measure a capability for a plurality of sets of printing materials. A computing device may evaluate the print job with respect to the one or more performance criteria in order to produce evaluation information. A first set of printing materials may be selected from the plurality of sets of printing materials based on the evaluation information. An indication of the first set of printing materials may be provided. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185203 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED LOAD BALANCING OF COLOR PRINT JOBS - Methods and systems for selecting a printing device are disclosed. A print job may be received. A computing device may produce a first color transformation for the print job using at least a color gamut error profile for a first printing device to determine a first value and a second color transformation for the print job using at least a color gamut error profile for a second printing device to determine a second value. One of the printing devices may be selected for the print job based on at least the first value and the second value. The print job may be transmitted to the selected printing device and printed using the selected printing device. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090303502 | PRINT DEVICE SELECTION IN A NETWORKED PRINT JOB ENVIRONMENT - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for selecting a printer in a document reproduction environment comprising a plurality of networked printing devices. In one embodiment, a document is received which is to be printed and a set of image quality requirements specific for the document are determined based on the document's image content. A threshold quality expectation level is set for the document based on the set of image quality requirements. Device specific image quality metrics are obtained for each of the networked printing devices and then compared with the threshold quality expectation level. A printing device which best exceeds the threshold quality expectation level is selected as a result of the comparison. The document is sent to the selected networked printing device. If none of the networked printing devices is found to meet the threshold then an operator is signaled that the document cannot be printed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100103444 | AUTOMATED PREPRESS METHODS FOR IMPROVING PAGE PARALLEL RIP PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods are presented in which a print job is segmented into multiple parts or chunks prior to facilitate raster image processing by including in each of the parts the print job preamble, one or more page portions, and only those resources required for the page portions, and the generated chunk files are provided to one or more raster image processing components for rendering or printing. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100149559 | SPECIALTY MEDIA CALIBRATION ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for enhancing media calibration and rendering to enable the use of multiple sets of calibration curves and intrapage when rendering to a multi-substrate media. A calibration target related to a specific multi-substrate media can be rendered. A number of calibration patches can then be measured with respect to each substrate region on the media. The calibration patches can be utilized to create a custom rendering profile for the multi-substrate media. A rendering job can be processed and a matching custom rendering profile defined in the multi-substrate calibration can then be applied to regions specified in the media definition. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100157352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WYSIWYG FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIALTY PHOTO MEDIA - A method and system for creating a visual representation of instructions required to finish a photo product that utilizes a specialty photo media. A photo job requesting the specialty photo media can be received and the photo job then rendered on the specialty photo media via a rendering device. An ancillary instruction document along with a number of thumbnails representing the photo job can also be rendered via the rendering device. The ancillary instruction document includes a number of instructions required to generate the final photo product on the specialty photo media thereby reducing wastage of very expensive media. The finishing instructions can be alternatively represented as animations on a graphical user interface. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100177119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING CROSSOVER IMAGES ON HINGED MEDIA - A system and method for laying out pages for rendering a crossover image on a hinged media. A position of a hinge within an image and/or a page design element that is to be rendered as a crossover image on the hinged media can be specified. An effective hinge position on a sheet with respect to the hinged media can be determined. Thereafter, two child images can be created by and cropping the crossover image in order to allow sufficient amount of bleed past the hinge position. The child images can be placed on respective pages so that the specified hinge position properly aligns with the effective hinge position of the hinged media. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING PRODUCTION OF LARGER BOOKS UTILIZING HINGED MEDIA - A system and method for enabling production of larger books utilizing a multi-substrate hinged media. A media definition for a specialty media can be enhanced to include information about multiple variants that contain varying sizes of hinge sections related to a specific media and a page assignment rule. The set of hinged media variants can be treated as a single media type and the properties of the media type determine sheet thresholds for each variant. The specific media variants can be assigned to specific document pages based on the page assignment rule. The pages in the center of the book utilize larger hinges to allow the pages to lie flat, while pages at the beginning and end of the book utilize smaller hinges to prevent imaging on the hinge area. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100231933 | DYNAMIC PRODUCTION BASED ON PERCEIVED PAGE VALUE - Document descriptions, typically written in a page description language, are automatically transformed down to the page level based on the perceived value of the content of each page. In normal production, documents, printers, and entire printing facilities typically have a set of predefined production parameters that govern the production and appearance of all documents. In enhanced operation, identification rules automatically generate perceived page values for each document page. The pages can be grouped into page subsets based on their perceived values. The Transformation directives can then be selectively invoked to alter the production parameters used for printing the pages within certain page subsets and thereby alter the final appearance, plex, media, or color space of the printed pages within those subsets. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100238513 | GLOSSMARK-ENABLED PHOTO PRODUCT COMPOSITION STATION - A photo composition system applies digital watermarks such as glossmarks and correlation marks to a user's image to produce a marked version of the image. A compatibility measure is computed and presented to the user as an aid in mark selection or the decision to even apply a mark to the image. Compatibility measures can be improved by automated image enhancement processes that adjust the image to be more compatible with the mark. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100250334 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB PROGRAMMING AS A FUNCTION OF RECIPIENT RELATIONSHIP - The apparent print quality of transaction promotions are matched to their recipients such that those more likely to respond favorably receive higher quality materials. Of the documents people receive, many, such as certain billing statements, also contain transaction promotions. Submitting a print job to a printer instructs it to produce a document by processing a document description. The document description can include a transaction promotion description. The transaction promotion can be printed at one of a number of predetermined quality levels by varying the document description, the print job, or the transaction promotion description. Knowledge of the intended recipient allows for the determination of a recipient quality level matching one of the predetermined quality levels. The document is then produced with a transaction promotion having a recipient based quality level. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100271656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PRINT DELAYS FOR PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs use a RIP or a digital front end generally, to maintain an inventory of pre-ripped ready to print work that can be sent to the print engine to prevent an engine shutdown due to the RIPs inability to keep up with the engine. The systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs can track performance in real time and automatically switch to printing jobs from post-RIP content archive if it is determined that the print engine is at risk of outpacing the RIP or DFE such that printing will be interrupted at the print engine. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110116134 | AUTOMATIC IMPOSITION GUTTER REMOVAL - A method and apparatus for printing a plurality of documents juxtaposed for imposition on a print media sheet without gutters. The document images are rasterized and a band of single or multiple pixels is selected along the image margins and compared to determine if adjacent bands are within a predetermined tolerance value. If so, the images are juxtaposed without a gutter; and, if not, one image is rotated 180° and the comparison repeated. If the comparison still is not within a predetermined tolerance value, the juxtaposed images are imposed with a gutter. | 05-19-2011 |
